Pro-Obama super PAC struggles

Even after desperate calls from Democrats, only a handful of donors cut big checks to the pro-Obama super PAC Priorities USA last month, according to federal reports filed Tuesday.

The cash haul — $2 million — is a huge boost from the dismal $59,000 the committee raised in January, but leaves the PACs coffers well behind the likes of conservatives groups like American Crossroards, which boasts $23.5 million in the bank.

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Half of the February funds came from a $1 million check from comedian Bill Maher, but some other big donors also ponied up for the Democratic effort.